Its right here [link removed]: It has patches, updates, and drivers.
Just a note - when I try to access your link, I get a message that tells me to install WindowsUpdate V4. I'm not sure what happens after that point because I run only executable patches and will not install Windows Update.
They have no interest, financially, to port or sell OS 10 to X86.
I guess they can sit by and watch OSS eat up the X86 market then. I really wish that Linus or one of the BSDs would pick a GUI (KDE or Gnome... I don't care) and bring it into the tree with some HARD standards. Then we'd really see OSS move forward on the desktop.
I know... Off-topic but I have to rant... This crap that MS is pulling is fine by me as long as there is nothing better out there (opinion - argue all that you want but I've tried Linux many times and it has become almost "good enough" for me but it still doesn't pass the wife test). I've already got hardware that will get me through the next five or so years. Linux or BSD might find its way on there soon enough.
Why doesn't some enterprising individual simply monitor Microsoft's various OS's for updates and then link to the downloadables? Of course, it would be possible for MS to remove downloadables but then this really causes frustration for those who are maintaining systems that cannot access windowsupdate.com. I'm not sure that they could do it - they'd have to install spyware in the actual patches. But then we could configure the firewall to block everything MS.
Or we could all just get Mac's. I'm almost there, unless someone can put together a KDE or Gnome with some usable functionality (like device management and system configuration in ONE GODDAMMED FUCKING LOCATION).
Apple!!!! Bring OSX to X86 and we will make it worth your while!
The other day, I was looking into obtaining some hardware that I wanted to use in my own embedded experiments but I could not find anything that was cheap enough (read: to be profitable if I ever decided to bring my low-volume application to market). The PDA brings an interesting twist to that.
Is there any PDA that lends itself to being hacked apart and used in something other than its intended use? The other day, I was at Lowes and I saw that their alarm system had the screen about the size of a PDA. A closer look revealed that it was running PalmOS.
I knew I shouldn't have spent $40 buying that damn Telezapper.
Actually, you can get the same effect by simply whistling loudly into the phone when you answer it. Recently, after signing up for a credit card, I started getting all sorts of telemarketing calls. My caller ID would be filled with dozens of 'NO ID' on a daily basis. Instead of ingoring them, I started picking up and whistling loudly. In several other events, I just picked up and answered (followed by the routing delay). When they asked for me by name, I simply asked them to put me on their do not call list.
The calls subsided in less than two weeks.
The problem with this new law is that the US legislature is for sale. The politicians have squeezed every last drop out of the telemarketing industry prior to making this law. Now, they will have new ground to bargain with. Loopholes around this new law will be the next big cash cow.
I have a question about some conflicting results with the search engine google. I did a search for "pictures of mountains" and got exactly 1 million results.
Steven? Is that you? Dude - you're smoking too much pot!
WideOpenWest is a good example of what a cable company can do when you get RID OF SBC-like overhead. Background: WOW bought the failed Ameritech cable unit from SBC some time ago - now they are profitable and offer rates half of the competitors.
They used nitromethane as a monopropellant previously... Why not again?
Aside from being much safer (safer than gasoline or alcohol - 25 percent of the heat energy in gasoline) to transport, it contains nearly 50 percent oxygen, by weight.
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Its right here [link removed]: It has patches, updates, and drivers.
Just a note - when I try to access your link, I get a message that tells me to install WindowsUpdate V4. I'm not sure what happens after that point because I run only executable patches and will not install Windows Update.
They have no interest, financially, to port or sell OS 10 to X86.
I guess they can sit by and watch OSS eat up the X86 market then. I really wish that Linus or one of the BSDs would pick a GUI (KDE or Gnome... I don't care) and bring it into the tree with some HARD standards. Then we'd really see OSS move forward on the desktop.
I know... Off-topic but I have to rant... This crap that MS is pulling is fine by me as long as there is nothing better out there (opinion - argue all that you want but I've tried Linux many times and it has become almost "good enough" for me but it still doesn't pass the wife test). I've already got hardware that will get me through the next five or so years. Linux or BSD might find its way on there soon enough.
Why doesn't some enterprising individual simply monitor Microsoft's various OS's for updates and then link to the downloadables? Of course, it would be possible for MS to remove downloadables but then this really causes frustration for those who are maintaining systems that cannot access windowsupdate.com. I'm not sure that they could do it - they'd have to install spyware in the actual patches. But then we could configure the firewall to block everything MS.
Or we could all just get Mac's. I'm almost there, unless someone can put together a KDE or Gnome with some usable functionality (like device management and system configuration in ONE GODDAMMED FUCKING LOCATION).
Apple!!!! Bring OSX to X86 and we will make it worth your while!
and extremely annoyed AI Researchers such as Marvin Minsky
This person is commonly known as Marvin The Martian.
I think that it'd be cool if my Hello Kitty stuffed animal could identify things via RFID...
Basketball: Hello Kitty!
Kitty: Hello Basketball!
And rounding out the pop charts this week at number two is Ezra. Once again, number one is, Better than Ezra!
The photo shows a unit labled 'Single Wide'. I wonder what that implies for the future
Well, if it is anything like my 'Double Wide', then the future isn't so bright...
Seriously...
While you have some very good points, one must keep in mind the still staggering rate of performance increases in lightweight and embedded processors.
Witness the proliferation ofcheap PDAs.
The other day, I was looking into obtaining some hardware that I wanted to use in my own embedded experiments but I could not find anything that was cheap enough (read: to be profitable if I ever decided to bring my low-volume application to market). The PDA brings an interesting twist to that.
Is there any PDA that lends itself to being hacked apart and used in something other than its intended use? The other day, I was at Lowes and I saw that their alarm system had the screen about the size of a PDA. A closer look revealed that it was running PalmOS.
Bueller?
If they just stuck a seat on it everything would be different.
Yes - and if they could also eliminate the need for recharging - perhaps if the user could somehow power it using his/her feet...
I almost bought one and then I realized that I could get a bicycle for a fraction of the cost.
And it is more fun to recharge the power source for the bicycle.
Seriously... How lazy can people be? They should give these things away to people that buy Hummer H2s (read:idiots).
I told you so...
nVidia probably knew that they weren't going to ship on time. They just wanted to keep gamers from buying Radeons at Xmas time.
Look what it does to the Britney Spears video from Windowsmedia.com.
I knew I shouldn't have spent $40 buying that damn Telezapper.
Actually, you can get the same effect by simply whistling loudly into the phone when you answer it. Recently, after signing up for a credit card, I started getting all sorts of telemarketing calls. My caller ID would be filled with dozens of 'NO ID' on a daily basis. Instead of ingoring them, I started picking up and whistling loudly. In several other events, I just picked up and answered (followed by the routing delay). When they asked for me by name, I simply asked them to put me on their do not call list.
The calls subsided in less than two weeks.
The problem with this new law is that the US legislature is for sale. The politicians have squeezed every last drop out of the telemarketing industry prior to making this law. Now, they will have new ground to bargain with. Loopholes around this new law will be the next big cash cow.
When are we going to get that blasted 'turbo' button back? You know - the one that reduces processor speed so we can play Space War at sane speeds.
Oh... wait...
I think that a better title for this book would be,
RTFM: RAID - The Fucking Manual.
Why is this even worth noting?
Jeesh... With such a low user number, I can't believe how new you are to slashdot.
Here's some radio commentary on the subjet matter. I heard it the other day on Public Radio International. An interesting read and somewhat related...
I have a question about some conflicting results with the search engine google. I did a search for "pictures of mountains" and got exactly 1 million results.
Steven? Is that you? Dude - you're smoking too much pot!
WideOpenWest is a good example of what a cable company can do when you get RID OF SBC-like overhead. Background: WOW bought the failed Ameritech cable unit from SBC some time ago - now they are profitable and offer rates half of the competitors.
With all this taxing crap, I can't wait until the US realizes that they are shooting themselves in the foot!
Why don't they just tax the tax revenue? There'd be a recursive loop and money FOREVER!
When we get a blocked site, we just plug in an 802.11x card and surf through one of the TWO DOZEN unsecured access points in range... Or VNC home...
If a web server is, say, in Bermuda (tax free district), then the transaction is taking place there so no tax necessary.
The US loses local online retailers. At this point, they can't tax the company anymore either.
Real smart...
In the Beginning, there was Nothing. And then God said, let there be light.
And there was still nothing. But - hell - you could SEE it!
They used nitromethane as a monopropellant previously... Why not again?
Aside from being much safer (safer than gasoline or alcohol - 25 percent of the heat energy in gasoline) to transport, it contains nearly 50 percent oxygen, by weight.
Sounds like a winner to me.